There is darkness ahead

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She looks at the ground, feigning resignation.

“Yes, I do see. I will remain here.”

Until you have turned your watchful gaze to Tartarus.

She catches the approving looks on both of their faces as they turn back to the war plans, and knows she’s won. It will be no difficulty to sneak away once they are preoccupied. She has gone her entire life being underestimated. It had been Henry who had taken the brunt of the punishments for their pranks. And even after running away on deadly missions twice now, they still thought they could reason with her.

The ghost of a smile plays on her lips. No, they were not paying attention to her– thinking her happy to command the armies out at her behest and reap the rewards from the safety of her throne.

But someone was paying attention.

The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalia Y. 372 (War of Time)

Most of this is actually canon, with a few changes (and additions as far as naming unnamed characters). The timeline is canon (minus the references to the Regalian calendar) and the Overland years listed (those are not confirmed) and birthdays (we know general time of year but not exact dates).

You can probably safely use the timeline as a canon reference.

The Underland Chronciles Worldbuilding: Regalia Y. 362 (Just before the Fall of Hesperides)

Definitely working on a fic that goes hand in hand with these reference materials. Needed to organize all my notes, opened canva, was extremely autistic for many many hours... bon appetit?

Just be aware when using any of this for your own reference, some events are canon and some are completely made up. Make sure you're fact checking before using it in your own work.

The Underland Chronciles Worldbuilding: Modern Regalian Events

Some of these are canon with an estimated date, some of these are completely made up. Make sure you're fact checking before using as a reference.

The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Military

This one was fun to try and puzzle out. Regalia is so heavily militaristic, but they also need farmers. The math for how many divisions there would be, how many reserve soldiers would make sense and how they would be divided was so wild. My wife definitely helped with the logistics of this one.

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Education and Life Stages

This all started as a discord chat with @overandunderland and then many many conversations with my wife on how the Regalians grew up and what stages were important/transformative for them. With war, famine & sickness so common, it's probably a pretty big deal for people to get to 20+ years. So I would imagine a lot more emphasis is put on preparing them younger for the world. Luxa mentions that the toddlers are trained how to fly on bats.

I think their society would be more apprenticeship based rather than formal standardized training for everyone. The only thing I think that would be required if able is the military training from 11-14. There's so many times they have to be prepared for an emergency, that it would just make sense that this is a common practice for them to have at least a couple years of basic training.

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